Bag



June 24, 1924.,

G. ROTTMAN BAG Filed Sept. 5, '1922 ffm-1, @E

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Application med September 5, 1922. Serial No. 586,102.

a mothroof and dust-proof bag which is of simp e design, strong construction and low manufacturing cost; which is provided inside with means for suspending clothes or garments, and outside with means preferably in the form of a hook Afor enabling the bag to be hung up in a closet or other place of storage, the inside suspending means being of such a character that all risk of its tearing or damaging the bag is obviated, even when the bag is stored or packed when not in service; and which is provided with fastening devices that will keep the bag securely closed and render it unlike coming open if carelessly handled.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will appear from the following description, taken with the accompanying drawings, which present several forms in which my invention can be embodied; and the novel features are defined in the appended claims. The disclosure, however, 1s explanatory only and I reserve the right to make changes, not illustrated herein, with regard to the shape, size and arrangement of the parts, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention, as the same is indicated by the broad and general meanings of aims are expressed. On the drawings Figure 1 is a front view of a bag according to my invention with the parts in position to g1ve access to the inside of the bag;

Figure 2 is a rear View of the same bag with the parts in the same position;

Fi re?, is a front view ofthe same bag close Figure 4 is a perspective view of another form of bag with the entrance closed;

Figure 5 is a front view of the same bag,

partly in section as it appears when co la sed or flattened;

igure 6 is a sectional view taken longiy of accidentally` tudinally through the closed side of the bag,

when the is about to be disten ed;

F1 ure 7 1s a view of the bag seen from the slde which is closedfwhen the bag is partly expanded; v

with the parts in the position the assume Figure 8 is a section on the line 8 8, of

Fi ure 4;

igure 9 is a view similar to Figure 8 with the arts in the position they assume when' moving to close the bag;

Figure 10 is a' section on line 10-10, of Flgure 1;

Figure 11 is a section on line 11-11, of F1 re 7;

i igure 12 is a section on line 12-12, of Flgure 1;

Figure 13 is a section on line 13-13, of Figure 1;

Figure 14 is a section on line 14e-14, of Figure 6;

Figure 1,5 is a front view of a plate to be secured to the inside of the bag to suspend a garment therein;

Figure 16 is a top view of Figure 15, partly 1n section on the line 16--16 of Figure 15;

Figure 17 is a sectional view taken through one form of fastener'shown in Figure l;

Figure 18 is a similar sectional view of another cli shown in Flgures 1, 2 and 3; and

Figure 19 is a view of a disk or washer which 1s engaged by a rivet of the clip or fastener shown in Figure 18 and helps to secure said clip in place.

The same numerals identify the same parts throughout.

' '.lhe bag shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 comprises a front 1 and back 2. It is closed at the bottom and the side at the right of Figure 1, but open on the opposite side and at the top. This bag can be made by taking wa piece of strong paper or other suitable material, and folding it in the middle to form two approximately equal ortions, se as to make the front and bac and the place where the crease is made will therefore be the side that is to be ermanently shut. One edge of the front 1, or example, can be provided with a flap 3, to be folded over and pasted to the rear 2, so as to close the bag at the bottom and an outside hook 4 is attached to the .back to enable the bag to be hung up. Alon the side o posite the closed side, both the ront 1 and ack 2 are CJI iprovided with parallel creases 5, marking foldable portions 9 and'lO. When the bag is opened a garment can be inserted into it, simply by pulling the front 1 and back 2 apart along the open side and open top and suspending the garment from a hook on the interior of the bag. To close the bag one then lays the sections 6 and 7 of the front against the correspondin of the back and turns t e two sections 7 over upon the section 6 of the front about the crease or score line 5 which separates the sections 6 and 7 from one another. One next rotates the folded sections 6 and 7 about the other score line 5 so as to lay the folded sections 6 and 7 flat against the front of the bag with the section 6 of the back 2 uppermost. To seal the bag at the top, the sections 10 of the front and back' are first turned about the upper crease 8 so as to cause the section 10 of the front to lie*o upon the section 9 of the front and the section 1() of the back to be presented forward. The sections 9 and 10 of the front and back are then folded together about the lower score line or crease 8 over upon the front 1 so as to brin the section 9 of the back forward and ma e the ends of the folded sections'9 and 10 overlie sections 6 and 7, as shown in Fi re 3.

he sections 6 and 7 along the side edges of front- 1 and back 2 extend up and only as far as the lower score line 8; andr the sections 9 and 10 run from the closed side only as far as the beginning of the section 6. Hence, the upper left corner of the front 1 and the back 2, remote from the closed side of the bag, presents a notched or cutout edect and the ends of the sections 6, 7, 9 and 10 thereat may be reinforced .by securing strips of suitable material l1 inside the bag. The lower ends of the sections 6 and 7 may be reinforced in the same way. As will be apparent from Figures 1, 2 and 3, the closed bottom of the bag extends. only from the closed side over to the score line 5 which makes the beginning of the section 6, andthe lower endsI of the scf:- tions 6 and 7 of the front of the bag are preferably not joined together.

`When the top of the bag is closed, as shown in Figure 3, it is kept closed by means of rotatable clips 12 shown fully7 in Figures 1, 2 and 17. These clips are pivotally secured by rivets 13 to plates or strips 14, fastened to the ends of the ser tion 10 of the top 1. When the sections 9 and 10 of the top are folded over, the clips 12 are rotated outward, to clear the side edges of the bag; and when. the sec tions 9 and 10 come into final position as shown in Figure 3, the clips 12 are turned on their pivots 13 so as to extend from the sections 6 and 7 p :necesita outer ends of the strips 14 across the side edges of the back 2 and engage the rear of thebag in such a Way. as to prevent the sections 9 and 10 from unfolding. The upper ends of the sections 6 and 7 are now heldl down by the sectionsv 9 and 10, and along -the front of the bag are rotatable clips 15 secured bv rivets 16. When the side of the bag is c osed by folding over the section 6 and 7, these clips are turned on their pivots to extend across the folded sections 6 and 7 and hold them against the front face of the bag 1. rThe bag is thus securely closed along the top and one side, and to open it the clips 12 and 15 must be turned' back to the position shown in Figures l and 2. I v

'llo enable the bag to be both fiattened and distended to better advantage, the closed side of the bag is so folded as to proi vide a gusset. rlhis result is accomplished by providing three creases instead ofone at the closed side, so as to afford two linternal longitudinal sections 17, which in effect make an internal pleat. When the bag is to be distended to receive a garment, it can therefore be expanded to greater extent and with less danger of tearing. The construction in question is illustrated particularly in Figures 10, 11 and 12, the former showing the closed side of the bag as it appears When iattened, and Figure 11 how this closed side will appear when the bag is expanded in some degree. rIhe sections 17 extend all the way from the top of the bag across the sections 8 and 9 down to the bottom, and the bottom edges of the sections 17 may be secured by pasting if desired, to the inside faces of the front 1 and back 2. may also reinforce the bag at the bottom by means of a strip 18, which can fold lengthwise and be secured by an adhesive'or some other means to the inside faces of front 1 and back 2. This reinforcement 18 extends from the sections 6 over to the opposite side and is split in the middle of its end adjacent the sections 17 to extend across these sections, as indicated at the lower right hand corner of Figure 1 and in Figure 12. Preferably the outer edges of the sections 7 and 1U should be reinforced also.

The strips or plates 14 which mount the clips 12 are provided with tongues or barbs 19 and 20, the barbs 19 being made by pointing the ends of these strips and bending them over and the barbs 20 by cutting or stamping them frointhe body of the strip and bending them in the' same direction as barbs 19. thereby leaving openings 21. The barbs are then driven through the ends of the front sections Vl0 and turned over tightly on the inside of the sections 10. thereby securing the strips 14 in place.

The hook 4 is pivotally attached to the rear 2 by bending-.its lower end and passing it through a bearing 22 in a plate 23,

the extremity of the shank of the hook slots 25 which receive tongues 26. These tongues pass through the bag from the iiiside and through the slots'25 and are turned overv or riveted against the plate 23, as indicated in Figure 2. The hook 4 can thus swing freely and suspend bag from a nail\ or other support.

The tongues or barbs 26, are carried by 'a plate 27; being cut or stamped therefrom; so that when the plate 27 is laid against the the points 26 forced through the bag and 'into' the slots 25 they can be bent against `the outer face of the plate 23 and thus rivet the two plates 23 and 27' together,

gripping the back 2 between them. The' plate 27 has ani integral vertical bearing 28 stamped from one face thereof to receive clothes or garments on a hook 29.

' The shank of this hook 29 passes through indicated at 31; thus giving the hook ap-l the bearing 28 and is'bent over at its lower end so that it cannot be pulled out of the bearing; but is free to swing therein. From the top of the bearingv 28. the hook 29 is doubled and turns downward, as indicated at 30, and it is then turned upward, as

proximately the shape of an S in' horizontal position.

Adjacent each end of the plate are curved ribs 32 struck therefrom so as to project outward from the same face as the bearing 28; and between the bearing and the ribs 32 may be openings 33 to allow the metall to expand when the stamping isperformed Each of the ribs presents to the bearing a shoulder 34, which may be made slightly concave; so that when the hook is turned to lie iat against the late the -upturned'end 31 of the hook 29 wi l lit tightly against the shoulder 34 of one or the other of the ribs 32 and be held stationary. For this purpose the end 31 must be bent so that the `shank of the hook in the bearing 28 will be held firmly at that end while the extremity 31 will abut tightly against the shoulder 34 at the other. l/Vith such a construction the hook can be laid flat against the plate 27 and the bearing 28 and rib 32 will project far enough from the plate 27 to prevent the inner face of the front 1 from rubbing against the hook, and gradually being worn through by friction or torn by catching the extremity 31. In other words, the hook can always be held flat against the plate by the shoulder 34 when it engages this shoulder, and when-the bag is out of service and flattened, the hook cannot swing outward inside face of the back'2 and...

v to the inside of the face front 1, an

Jthrough the front 1; and all danger of the hook 29 punching a hole in the bag is thus eliminated. Further, by the union of the two plates 23 and 27 by means of the barbs 26 theweight ofthe garment is supported entirely by hooks 4 and 29 and all stress is takeno the material of which the bag is made, the bag thus serving merely as an envelope in which a garment can be sealed A when itis notwanted. The hook can easily be 1pLshed away fromeither rib 32 with ones gers, or with a knife blade or similar implement,

The c lips l5 are preferably constructed as shown 1n Figure 18 by making them concave or dished, as at 35, on top; so 'that the edges can be taken hold of by the fingers and the swinging of the clips on the' rivets 16 made easy; These clips are preferably of sheet metal, punched to provide projections 36 o'n their lower faces and thus make these lower faces somewhat rough, so that when they engage the folded over sections 6 and 7, there will be suiicient friction to hold them in the position required to keep the -side of the bag closed. up and make the turning of 'these clips difficult. Thus the opening of/the bag accidentally when carelessly handled is rendered unlikely. To cooperate with the clips are washers 37 punched to provide similar projections 38, these washers to be located inside the bag and perforated inthe middle to receive the rivet 16. A reinforcementv39 may be lued the rivet 16 may be tight enough to hold the washer with projections 38 firmly in contact with this reinforcement 39. Hence, the clips 15 will always require some degree of force to move them from; the position shown in Figure 3 to that shown in Figure 1 when the bag is to be opened.

In Figures 4 to 9 inclusive, another form of bag is illustrated which is made so that it can be opened along one side only; and which can be folded into the sha e of a box before it is closed up, or allowe to remain relatively flat and be closed by turning over the edges of the open side, as the owner may prefer. v This bag is likewisecomposed of a front 1 and back 2 and can be made by taking a piece of suitable material, such as strong paper, and folding it in the middle to' make the permanently closed side; the same as in the case of the bag above described. To close it at the top and bottom, the back 2 may be provided with projections or flaps 3 to be folded over and glued to the upper and lower edges of the front 1; and this bag may have an inside pleat formed bv longitudinal sections 17 as in the case of the bag shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. Along` the edges of the open side will be creases or score lines 5, as before, making sections or portions 6 and 7; but in this instance the extremities of the portions 6 and 7 or the front will be Vattached to the extremities of the same portions or sections at the back; because the flaps 3 will extend from the closed side across the top and bottom to the cxtreme edge of the opposite side.4 In addition to the score lines 5 there will be a longitudinal score line 40 extending down the front face 1 and also down the back face 2; marking olf, between the lines 40 in the front and back and the portions 6, somewhat wider portions 41 o n the front and rear of the bag. Also across the front 1 and back 2,/ near both the top and bottom of the bag, will be creases 42 extending from the closed side across to the extreme edge of the opposite side: and marking olf transverse portions or sections 43 of the same width as sections 41.

When this bag is to be closed without giving; it the shape of a box. the sections 7 of the front and back will be folded over upon the front section 6, and then the sections 6 and 7 are further folded along the inner line against the front-1 and secured by clips the saine as in the case of the bag of Figure 3. The outer edges of the sections 7 of both front and back can be reinforced if desired. and the bag can thus be laid flat, and opened and closed without expanding or distending it any further than the gusset at the permanently closed side will permit. As indicated at the upper and lower right hand corners of Figure 5, the upper and lower ends of the sections 17 are in such position that they can be glued to the front 1 and back 2 near the top and bottom, if required. p

The purpose of the additional creases and 42 marking olf the longitudinal portions or sections 41 and transverse portions or sec tions 43 is to enable the bag to be given a box form when the box form is wanted. Merelyv to enable the bag to be handled for opening and closing while keeping it Hat or collapsed nothing more than the creases 5 to mark oil'l the sections 6 and 7 are needed; as the additional creases 40 and 42 are not called into play when the bag is kept flat and closed by merely folding over the sections 6 and 7.

In addition to the creases 40 and 42, to permit tliebag to assume a box-shape I provide an additional score line or crease 44 in the front and back at the top and bottom of the portions or sections 41.- These score lines 44 are diagonal and run from the creases 4U and 42 to the top and bottom of the bag, at the adjacent corner of the `sections 6; thus marking off at the top and bottom triangular sections 45 and 46. l also provide score lines 47 at the ends of the sections 17, these sections extending diagonally from the extremities of the score ressenti.

lines 42at the closed side of the bag to the top and bottom at thc inside corners of the sections 17; thereby marking off at the top of both sections triangular portions or sections 48 and 49. 0f course it is understood that the creases 42 will not only cross the front and back but cross the tops and bottoms of the sections A17 also; so that the creases 42'extend entirely around the circumference of the bag the same as the creases 5 and crease 40.

To give the bag its box-form, the front 1 and rear 2 must be bent alongthe upper and lower creases 42; so as to cause the sections 43 to come into line with each other and occupy the saine plane. as indicated in Figure 4. Hence, the sections 17 must also be brought into line and occupy the same plane and form a flat side face. As the front 1 and back 2 are moved awa)v from each other, and the sections 43 at the top turn downward and the sections 43. at the bottom turn upward so as to be horizontal, the tops and bottoms of the sections 17 bend along the creases 42, and as vthe parts pass from the position shown in Figure 5 to Figure 6, the portions or sections 48 at the top and bottom turn about the lines 47 until they come into contact with the sections 49; and when the top and bottom of the bag are fiat and each presents a horizontal surface instead of an edge, the portions 49 will lie'at against the inside faces of the sections 43, and the portions 48 will be fiat against the portions 49, as indicated in Figures 8 and 9. The bag will then have a form of a box but will be open along one side. To close it along this side the portions 46 at the top must be turned downward and the same portions 46 at the bottom must be turned upward. As these portions move, the creases 44 become well defined edges; as indicated in 'Figure 9, and as the sections 46 become Vertical and lie in vertical planes, the sections. 45 also become vertical, being folded around lines 44 to be against the sections 46. As a result, the portions 6 and 7 of the front 1 between the upper and lower score lines 42 can be brought into Contact with the portions 6 and 7 at the back; and both the ends of the sections 6 and 7 on both front and back will be doubled over and inward; the upper ends being doubled over downward and the lower ends being doubled over upward; as indicated in Figure 9. The sections 6 and 7 can then be folded over the same as in the case of the bag shown in Figure 3; and held fast by clips 15. rlhe bag will then have the form of a complete box and can be suspended in that form by means of the hook 4, which will be attached to the back 2 and be associated with a plate 27 inside; the same as in the case of the box shown in Figures 12 and 3.

At the top and bottom of the box shown nagaan in Figures 4 to 9 inclusive l can use a reinforced strip which will extend from the score line 40 across the inside of the bag to l the opposite side; and its end adjacent the sections 17 may be notched to receive the points of the sections 48; as indicated in Figures 8 and 9.

This type of bag enables the user to secure a slightly better appearance or effect by giving it a box-form. than by merely closing it without giving it the box-form, simply by turnin over the sections 6 and 7.

Havlng described my invention, what I believe to be .new and desire to secure and rotect by Letters Patent of the United tates is l. A moth-proof and dust-proof bag open along one side to give access to the interior, said vbag being foldable along said side to seal the bag, the bag being capable of being sealed flat, and having creases to enab e it to assume the shape of a box and be closed in that shape. i

2. A hook for the inside of a bag, and a plate u on which said hook is pivotally mounte the plate being secured to the bag and havin ribs provided with shoulders on each si e of the hook to engage the end of the hook and retain it Hat against the p ate. l i

3. A mothroof and dust-proof ba closed along t e'bottom and one side an open along the top and opposite side'- to lve access to the interior, the bag being oldable along the top to be sealed thereat, strips having barbs secured to the bag adjacent the top, clips pivoted to said strips to hold the bag closed at the top, the bag also being foldable along said opposite side to be sealed thereat, clips having projections to maintain the bag sealed along said opposite side, a hook inside the bag, a plate secured to the bag for pivotally supporting the hook, and ribs having shoulders on the plate to engage the hook and hold it iiat against the plate for the purpose set forth.

4. A moth-proof and dust-proof bag havin a reinforcing strip therein at one end, sald strip being secured t0 the front and rear of the bag, the bag being foldable along one side to be sealed thereat, clips having roughened faces toy maintain the bag sealed at said side, a plate inside the bag, a hook pivoted to the plate, and ribs having shoulders 0n the plate to hold the hook against the plate as set forth.

5. A moth-proof and dust-proof bag open at one side to ive access to the interior, and foldable a ong said side to seal same, the bag having a usset at the o po? site side, and being folda le alon said rstnamed side to be sealed thereat, c ips having roughened surfaces to maintain the bag sealed, the bag also having creases to enable it to assume the shape of a box and be closed in that shape, a plate in the bag, a hook ivoted to the pla-te, and ribs on the plate aving shoulders to engage the hook and hold it against the plate, as set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have si ed my name to this specification this 25th day of August, 1922.

GEORGE ROTTMAN. 

